Chapter 5: New Friends
This chapter happens when Jayden is 4. Here are the ages:
Jayden: 4
Emily: 2
Serena: 5
Kevin: 4
Mike: 3
Mia: 4
Sorry, but Antonio won't be in this chapter, but he will be in later chapters. Please read and review.
Mentor Ji saw how much the others missed their kids. He realized that it was unfair for James to be able to see his son when the others might never see theirs again. So he made a plan.
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Serena and Emily entered together. They ran to their mom. They jumped into her lap, startling her. "Serena! Emily! What are you doing here?" asked Elizabeth.
"Mommy!" was the only answered she got from her two-year-old daughter, Emily. Serena said nothing, but hugged her mom with all her might.
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Kevin ran into and jumped into his father's arms. He hugged his dad. He looked his father with a great admiration that was above his age. He loved his father. "Hey, little buddy, where did you come from?" asked Joseph.
"Town," answered Kevin, still not very playful. He trained to be a Samurai and was into swimming. He dreamed of being in the Olympics.
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Mike ran into his father's arms. He hit with all the force he could muster. His father laughed and picked him up. He laughed. He lifted his arms and cried," I'm a tree!"
"So, little tike, how's it going?" asked Shane laughing at his son's antics.
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Mia ran to her mother and hopped onto her shoulders with a smile. Everyone laughed. Sarah grabbed Mia and flipped her upside down making her laugh harder. Everyone couldn't help but laugh. This was truly amazing.
"Well, Mia, are you going to keep laughing or am I going to have to punish you?" asked her mom with a smile. Mia kept giggling despite the threat of "punishment". Sarah starting bouncing her making her laugh harder and harder.
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James came in with Jayden. Jayden was out of his cast by now. He saw that Sarah was holding a little girl. He also saw that the little girl was giggling.
"Sarah set the little girl before she stops breathing for good," said James with a smirk when his team jumped. Sarah set the little girl.
"You're kids are here because I wanted you to be able to spend time with them. Your wifes and husbands will come and go. They decided not to come this time. Though it seems that your husband, Elizabeth, wanted the kids gone. Any thing going on at home that we need to know about?" asked Mentor Ji.
"Oh, um, their father... my husband...no there is nothing going on you need to know about," said Elizabeth.
"Liar, liar, pants on fire," said Emily and Serena together. Elizabeth sent them a small glare.
"The kids spoke!" declared Shane with a twinkle in his eye," Now seriously what's up?"
"The sky," said Elizabeth with a smirk.
"Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater," Emily and Serena said at the same time Shane said," Oh so we're playing that game."
James stepped in and said," Come on, Elizabeth, what's going on?"
Before Elizabeth could say anything, Emily shouted," Daddy hurts us and Mommy too!" The others stared at her.
"Daddy hits us and yells at us. He wants us to do bad things. He did bad things to Mom," said Serena.
"You call that nothing," said Sarah," That sounds like something."
"He wasn't always like that. He changed after I had a baby without a brain. He starting calling me useless and cheated on me, but I can't divorce him. He has our kids and he would win custody over them and then kill them," said Elizabeth.
"That's sad," said Sarah," Good thing that the kids are going to live with us now."
"Yeah," said the others.
"Oh, your kids will help bond you guys," said Mentor Ji.
"Why?" asked Sarah.
"A future self of me was able to get in contact with me. In your last battle, James dies and you guys leave. You stay in contact some, but not often. In fact any friendships you had pratically disappear. You seal Master Xrandred until Jayden is about seventeen and then he comes back. It was not what I wanted. You guys are best friends. After that battle, you slip apart and I don't want that to happen, espicially after the future version of me tells me how close the whole team is," said Ji. The team was stunned into silence.
"Daddy, can't die! He's invincible!" cried Jayden, breaking the silence.
"Jayden, no one is invincible. I can die any day from anything," said James, knowing he had to break his son's heart so he knew anything can happen to anyone.
"But...but.." Jayden said in near tears.
"I promise if I can help it, I won't die, but I will die eventually. Okay, Jayden?" asked James.
"Okay," Jayden said sadly. James smiled at him. "Do you want some ice cream?" asked James.
YES!" shouted Jayden.
"Do you want some ice cream?" James asked the other kids.
"YES!" said the other kids.
"Well, come on then," said James and he started walking off. Emily stayed behind even though she wanted ice cream.
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James stood sastified that all the kids were fed ice cream. They were eating it. He smiled, but then he realized Elizabeth's youngest wasn't in there. He got her a bowl of ice cream and went into the living room. He knelt down in front of Emily.
"Do you want ice cream?" asked James. Everyone stared at Emily. She nodded timidly. He handed her the bowl and a spoon. "There you go," said James, and he stood up.
"Thank you," she whispered. He looked at her surprised.
"You're welcome," said James. He walked away softly. He smiled. She was adorable. He was glad that Elizabeth was finally reunited with her kids. Same for the others. None of had any attractions to each other. They were like siblings and definitely best friends.
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"Hey do you want to pull a prank on my dad and your dad?" asked Mike.
"Yeah," said Jayden.
"Okay, here's what we do," said Mike.
A couple of hours later, they had tied some string outside of James' door. There was a radio with a love song on it. The others were walking down the hallway when Shane tripped and James caught him. Jayden hit play from the hiding spot. He slipped deeper into the closet. The radio started blasting the lyrics to Love Story by Taylor Swift. Jayden and Mike were trying hard to stop giggling.
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James dropped Shane the moment he heard the music. He paled. "Shane!" he called.
"I didn't do it," said Shane. The others burst out laughing. Their kids arrived.
"I know who did it," Sarah said laughing," Never thought he'd do it though!" Elizabeth nodded.
"Who?" asked Shane and James together.
"What two little boys of the ages three and four are missing?" asked Elizabeth.
"Jayden and Mike," said Shane, and he started laughing. James wasn't, but he smiled. He was going to get revenge. He was going to make Jayden squirm. He put on a stern look.
"Jayden, get out here now," demanded James. Jayden and Mike came out of the closet sheepishly.
"I'm sorry! It was Mike's idea!" shouted Jayden.
"He's throwing his partner in crime under the bus," Joseph told the others. They nodded.
"Jayden, come here now," said James. The others were actually getting scared that Jayden was in trouble.
"Oh come on, James, lighten up. It was a harmless prank," said Shane. Mike ran into his arms and he picked him up.
"Shane, stay out of this," said James.
"No," said Shane," He's four years old. Give him a break."
"Shane," growled James.
"Fine, hurt your son. See if I care, but when he hates you don't come and blame me," said Shane.
"Come on, Jayden," said James. They went into his room. He put Jayden on his bed. Jayden was in near tears. James pretended not to notice.
"Jayden," said James, but before he could finish his sentence Jayden burst into tears. He wouldn't stop crying and it broke James' heart.
"Hey, hey, Jay-Jay, relax. You're not in trouble," said James.
"I'm not?" Jayden asked sniffling.
"No, you're not," said James. They laughed.
"Why did you make me feel like it then?" asked Jayden.
"Revenge," said James.
"Oh," said Jayden.
"Nice prank by the way," said James.
"Thanks," said Jayden.
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"That prank of your's was foolish," said Kevin.
"It was just for fun," said Jayden.
"True Samurai don't have a lot of time for fun," said Kevin.
"Yeah, they do!" shouted Jayden," We don't always train. In fact I made a game about symbol power so I could memorize it better. Do you want to play?"
"Sure," said Kevin. He was unsure, but if he noticed then he didn't show it. They played it for an hour before Mia showed up and Kevin went to the store with his dad.
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Mia went to watch Jayden. When he noticed her, he said," Hello."
"Hi," she said," My mom is cooking and I'm going to help her, but we need a taster. Do you want to be the taster?"
"Sure," answered Jayden. They walked into the kitchen. They made cakes and brownies and cookies and every thing that Jayden could think of. He liked all of it, except the peas. He hated peas. Mia didn't like peas either. They ended up having a pea fight. They also ended help cleaning it up, though they just made a bigger mess.
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Emily peered around the corner. She was watching Jayden play with a car. He looked at her and she pulled away and hid around the corner. He came over there.
"Do you want to play cars with me?" asked Jayden.
"Oh, um, you want me to play with you?" asked Emily.
"Sure, why not?" asked Jayden.
"No one ever wanted to play with me before," said Emily.
"Well I want to play with you," said Jayden. Emily smiled and they went to play. They had fun. Serena came and play too. They laughed.
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James and the others smiled at how close the kids became. They loved them so much and couldn't wait until they grew up.
How was it? Sorry about not having anything too personal with Serena but I did not have any ideas for her. Hope you like it. Request are still open.